This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’. This entry is continued from ‘the hardware’.
It turns out few people have Bluetooth turned on and visible by default. When my colleague at Arup Jason McDermott helped create an urban sensing installation in central Sydney (Smart Light Fields) they observed around 8% of [...]
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Sensing the city, update three: sensing
Sensing the city, update two: the hardware
This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’. This entry is continued from ‘our approach’.
CRIN have explored some simple hardware platforms, particularly the Gumstix and Beagleboard ’sawn-off’ PCs (strictly, ‘computers-on-module’). Below, a few shots from a recent session discussing the hardware. Be warned, this will get a little geeky.
Note the core [...]
Sensing the city, update one: our approach
This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’.
A quick technical update on our mobile phone sensing project with UTS (see earlier post for context). This project is exploring technical approaches to sensing the presence of mobile phones in transit environments (bus, train, ferry etc.) as well as pedestrians, in order to [...]
What we're doing
- We are mapping people's cone of vision in 3D http://t.co/5zCUTQvh
- Huge datasets on projects? Submerge is our new 3D analysis visualisation environment http://t.co/G3ZfFUnU #BIM
- RT @ArupThoughts: Philip Dilley, @ArupGroup Chairman, reflects on the positive impacts #engineers + #designers have had in 2011 http://t ...
- Arup wins national sustainability award for improving office energy efficiency. Our Realtime tool plays a starring role http://t.co/Nuuu3UPt
- Great buildings should be beautiful, inspiring and draw people to create a great city - at Zunz #Arup
What we're reading
- LDF 2011: Textile Field by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec [Design Milk]
- Number of Female Cyclists Lags in New York, With Safety as a Concern [NYTimes.com]
- A net-zero-impact urban farm system called Polydome [Change Observer: Design Observer]
- At a Co-op Fabrication Shop, L.A. Makers Build Furniture and ...
- China may grow old before it grows rich [guardian.co.uk]
- Canadian traffic in psychological gridlock [THE GLOBE AND MAIL]
- Tracking Your Wi-Fi Trail at the Airport - [NYTimes.com]